What is your favorite opening line of a short story?
''In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly-fishing.''
"A River Runs Through
It"--Norman Maclean
Name one short story that inspired you to write short stories yourself?
No short stories inspired me to write anything, but I do remember being impressed by Poe's "A Cask of Amontillado." I loved the line Nemo me impune lacessit which translated loosely means "If you f*ck with me, I'll double-f*ck you back."
Who are your five favorite short story writers?
John Cheever, Sherman Alexie, Edgar Allen Poe, Raymond Carver, Sherwood Anderson...
What are five short stories that you would recommend everybody should read?
"A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
"The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman
"To Build a Fire" by Jack London
"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway
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